Chapter 65

"Quite a hassle, I'm sorry. No matter how much I told him I didn't like it, he wouldn't listen. Being the youngest prince, he was somewhat spoiled... Even when my lifespan was short, there were those who suggested that I should get engaged, just for the time until I died."

He rejected them without mercy because they were hindering his training as a needleworker!

Schnell shouted and moistened his throat with the tea that was offered.

"Did you perhaps become a target for assassination?"

Endelia asked this while pouring more tea. Arjitt also spoke, picking at a sweet, with a weary expression.

"Being the successor to the throne, and being someone who can't produce an heir, it's no wonder."

It seems he had a good idea because of his royal status.

I see, in this country, the king can only marry someone who possesses a magic eye. There might be all sorts of complicated stories.

That's why the second queen might have gone mad with jealousy.

"If that was all, I would have stayed in the country and continued as a needleworker."

"That's all...?"

I looked up at the Wind Spirit King.

Schnell had a condition called magic power over-storage... which means he had an abundance of magic power to offer to the spirits.

The only ones who could assassinate Schnell were those who were also blessed by a Spirit King and had an abundance of magic power.

Moreover, the compatibility of the spirit attributes would also be a factor.

"Indeed, that's all of it,"

It seemed everyone had the same association as me. Mimachi nodded thoughtfully.

"In other words, a faction formed that suggested if I accepted a concubine, I could be made queen!"

"Huh?"

Arjitt's eyes widened, and his expression froze at "Huh?"

Everyone except Schnell had the same frozen expression.

My mouth was also hanging open.

Then slowly, Arjitt's expression turned to anger.

"Ignoring Schnell's will,"

"Isn't that a way to make it look like you're following that prince, but actually trying to kill Schnell?"

It seemed like they were ignoring his will, placing him in a repressive environment, and removing the protection of the wind spirit to kill him.

A wave of anger seemed to burst from everyone.

Schnell quickly tried to calm them down.

"The problem is, only a few people in that faction intended this! You see, the knowledge about the characteristics of spirits and common sense is known only by the people of this country. Most people believed that I had been cured by the protection of the spirit. If it weren't for my teacher, who was a needleworker from this country, I wouldn't have known myself."

"Ah, that's right. In our demon race's country or in countries closely related to spirits, it would be different, but in a small country dominated by humans... they would misunderstand and think I was cured."

Endelia was the first to calm down and speak.

"Yes, that's right. For the land-dwelling races, they only know about the characteristics of earth spirits... There are some land-dwelling races that specialize in crafting and study all attributes, though."

Mimachi added, as if recalling something.

Eh? Magic power over-storage is a genetic disease where the body can't handle the accumulated magic power and dies...

The guardian spirit helps by releasing or using the accumulated magic power on behalf of the person who can't use it, thus keeping Schnell alive.

Huh? ? ?

"Misunderstanding?"

Eh? Is there something to misunderstand? The spirit is protecting and adjusting the magic power, so the disease is no longer a threat, right?

In this room, only I, Arjitt, and the cook Midget were confused.

We had been born and raised in this country and only knew the common knowledge of this country. In my previous life, spirits were just characters in stories.

"Lady Yui, in other words, people who don't know much about spirits thought: 'He got the protection of the spirit! Amazing! I don't really understand, but the incurable disease was cured by spirit power! Amazing!' That was their level of understanding."

I, Arjitt, and Midget couldn't close our mouths.